Bag or paper holder



E. P. DBENNING.

BAG OE PAPER HOLDER- Patented Mar. 30, 1897.

tive view of the holder.

Uivrrnn rains PATENT @rrrcns EDWARD P. DRENNING, OF \VRIGI-ITSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

BAG OR PAPER HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 579,566, dated March 30, 1897.

Application filed A ril 29, 18%.

holder which can be made either single or double-and suspended above the counter, or it can be secured to the face of wall or other fixed object.

With this object in view my invention consists in the peculiar construction of the various parts and in theircombination or arrangement, all of which will be fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forminga part of this speci fication, Figure 1 is a view showing the invention in use both as a suspended holder and as one attached to the side of the Wall. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of one-half of the suspended holder. Fig. 3 is a detail perspcc Fig. 4 is a front View of one compartment of the holder.

In carrying out my invention for either the suspended or fixed form of holder I employ a back board A, to which a chain A is attached in case the holder is to be suspended or through which screws A are passed to secure the holder to the wall or other fixed object.

The bag-holder or rack B is preferably of the skeleton form and comprises the semicircular shaped-side bars 0, the side brace-bars O and O and the top or front cross-bar D. The side bars 0 have their ends firmly seated in the backboard A, and the ends of said side brace-bars O C are also seated in said back board and connect at their outer ends to the side bars 0.

The top or front crossbar D connects the two side bars, as most clearly shown, and, if desired, the upper brace-bars and the front cross-bar can all be made in one piece.

The bottom of the rack consists of the bottom bars E, seated at their inner ends in the Serial No. 589,572. (No model.) I

back board, and at their'outer ends are attached to the side bars 0 at a point where the brace-bars 0 meet the side bars, and, if desired, the bottom bars and the brace-bars C may be made in one piece, as most clearly shown.

The bottom bars E are arranged parallel within the side bars .0 and are curved upwardly upon the same are, and at their upper ends said bottom bars are bent outwardly at a right angle, as shown at E, in order to meet the side bars, as already described.

By arranging the side, brace, top, and bottom bars as already described it is clear that I provide a skeleton rack open at the top and front and having a bottom open at the center, but capable of supporting a bag or sheet of a width greater than the space between the two bottom bars. I

The bags are introduced into the rack between the top or front bar D and the back board and rest upon thebottom bars between the side and side brace-bars, as clearly shown, and in order to hold the bags or sheets compactly within the rack I employ a weight E, which is preferably connected to the front member by a bail G, pivoted at its upper end to the back board A, said bail swinging freely within the rack between the side and upper brace-bars, the outward movement of said bail being limited by the top or front crossbar D.

The bags or sheets are of course contained within the bail, as most clearly shown, and as the normal tendency of the weight is to assume a perpendicular position the said bail will normally be pressed inward toward the backboard,thereby keeping the bags or sheets compactly and regularly arranged upon the bottom bars and against the back board.

Now whenever it is desired to remove one or more of the sacks from the rack the bottom of the sack or sheet is grasped by the thumb and finger between the bottom bars, and said bag is then moved up along the curved bottom bars until it clears their ends and emerges into the opening at the front of the rack. By this operation the bail will of course be lifted, but after the bag has been brought into the opening at the front of the rack it can be readily removed, and the bail The rack or holder just described can be made any size desired to accommodate paper bags or sacks, wrapping-paper, newspapers,

or checks.

It will also be seen that the holder can be made double and suspended from the ceiling above the counter, in which instance I use a common back board A and attach holders or racks to the opposite faces thereof. The back board can also be made considerably longer and a series of racks arranged side by side on each face of the board, and such racks can be made of the same or different sizes, as desired. a

In case it is desired tomake the holder stationary the board is attached to the wall or other fixed object and a series of racks at tached thereto opposite each other, as most clearly shown.

\Vhile I have constructed the racks of wire on account of cheapness and simplicity, it is obvious that they can be made of stronger material with slotted sides, &c., and in so constructing the same I may employ either wood or metal.

If desired, the size or number of the bag or check which is carried in the holder can be stamped or placed upon the Weight, merely for the sake of convenience.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 1. An improved holder, comprising a back board or base, the wire racks arranged upon each side or face of said back board or base, said racks comprising the side portions, the brace-bars, the top or front cross-bar, the bottom bars right-angled in shape and arranged as described, bails pivoted to the top of the back board or base, and arranged upon opposite sides thereof, each bail carrying a weight upon the forward member, substantially as shown and described.

2. An improved holder comprising the back.

board or base, the wire rack comprising the side and brace bars, the top or front crossbar, and the bottom bars arranged as described, the pivoted bail and the weight carried by said bail, substantially as shown and described.

lVitnesses:

WM. I-I. FLORA,

JOHN M. DRENNING. 

